Question

Centerville is 7 miles due north of the airport, and Newberry is due east of the airport. If the distance between Centerville and Newberry is 10 miles, how far is Newberry from the airport? If necessary, round to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

12.2 miles

Explanation:

We can use the Pythagorean theorem to solve this problem. Here, A represents the airport, C represents Centerville, and N represents Newberry. We want to find the distance x between N and A.

Since Centerville is 7 miles due north of the airport, the distance AC is 7 miles. Since the distance between Centerville and Newberry is 10 miles, we can use the Pythagorean theorem to find the distance AN. So the distance between Newberry and the airport is approximately 12.2 miles.